Re: [Basket-devel] Presentation of the Project Snaky 360

[Dr. R. M. <ro...@na...>]

> My opinion (bluntly stated) is that the Basket web site is not a
> dumping ground for your personal projects even though you are the
> creator of the application and are still hosting the web site. (Both
> of which we are grateful for, don't misunderstand my wording). If you
> want people to know about your next project, I would suggest starting
> a blog, having it syndicated on Planet KDE or some other such place,
> and posting there. IMO, the Basket web site needs to be about Basket.
> Not about Basket and the creator's new personal pet project.
> 
> I would be happy to announce a new site/blog/whatever on the basket
> web site indicating that you've moved on and that people interested in
> your work can find it at the other site.

I'm sorry Matt, but I disagree.  I don't think it's asking very much to be 
able to put a short notification on the basket site about Sebastien's new 
project.  After all, he did create the program in the first place.  
Furthermore, I think doing so helps US out in a few ways:

1.  A lot of people seem to think that BasKet is dead and that development has 
stopped.  This is especially challenging given how long it has been since a 
full-blown point release.  The recent beta should help some -- if anyone 
notices it.  The best solution is to get BasKet to a point where we can 
release 2.0 and then come up with a regular release schedule that 
distributions can depend on. However, we can also help dispell the myth by 
making the web site more active.  Adding something to the web site (even if 
it's not directly basket related) shows that we are at least maintaining the 
web site.

2.  One of our biggest challenges right now is growing our user base and 
(especially) our developer base.  A lot of people have kind of written us off.  
If Sebastien is willing to reciprocate by putting a link to the basket page 
from his snaky web site, we could gain a lot more visibility.  Snaky seems to 
be a VERY well done game (good job, Sebastien!) and I think it's very 
reasonable to believe that it will attract a lot of users.

My 2 cents,

Robert